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The next and hopefully last update to my PC will be the addition of a new hard drive. I’m down to quite low storage at the moment, as the 2TB HD was blown up by the faulty PSU. I’m currently running a 250GB SSD for my C Drive and a 500GB SSD for storing games. I need more room to store games. I’m undecided what type of drive to go for, SSD, M2, NVMe Any thoughts welcome.

Somoe epic updates above^ For me, ‘video gaming’ in general started in the days of the Commodore 64. The 1980s. Even in those days gamers were already dicks. There was (in the UK) a war of superiority between C64 and ZX Spectrum owners. Though this generally ended with both sets ganging up and mocking the solitary BBC microcomputer owner which had Elite and pretty much nothing else going for it. Though I did learn BASIC using a BBC machine, think they were made for the BBC by Acorn. The C64 had the better graphics by the way. And was the superior machine. International Soccer loaded via a cartridge. And I’ll never forget the days of listening to the cassette player load Manic Miner or Way of the Exploding Fist. Plus, the very first football manager I ever played was on the C64 and is one of my favourite games of all time. The PSU would generally overheat before I got tired of playing that game. The Amiga followed the C64 but I had moved onto consoles by this stage. I loved the SNES and the Sega Megadrive (Genesis) and then the N64 and PlayStation. At which point I was back on a PC. I had crap internet for years, so only played stuff like Black, early CODs and Conflict Desert Storm type games, oh and of course Football Manager. My mate Dan had a better PC and internet so my first experience of online play was around his playing Unreal Tournament and Quake. Special mention to the PS2 slim, which is one of my favourite things of all time, it was tiny and awesome. It wasn’t until the Xbox 360 that I finally experienced online play in my own home. COD4 and World at War were good games but it was MW2 that really grabbed me. I played with a bunch of work mates and used to dream of UAVs circling overhead. Great days, great console. Then the DayZ mod for Arma 2 came along in 2012 and hammered the first nail into the console coffin. I watched those early vids of folk playing the mod and it blew me away, there was nothing like it at the time. What a fucking game. The mod support was incredible, new maps, Namalsk, Lingor, Pantera and the awesome DayZ Origins on Taviana. I used to play with Aitchy and Battlefield John from the DayZ forums and I miss the mod a lot. I only had a laptop but it played DayZ without any problems, except that it would overheat playing around the 90 minute mark. So I saved up my pennies and sorted myself a very nice PC. I did buy a PS4, a year after release, under duress from a certain South African. It was actually from playing DayZ and meeting @Diddums on the DayZ forums that lead me here

My poor heart. Mental game. Ajax next will also be the same, guaranteed craziness the way we go about things [emoji23][emoji1] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I'm watching Spurs slowly fall apart tonight but if I'm not on at some point, and if Friday is good for all we can do it then, depending on @GazzaGarratt

I was going to nudge you. The daily races this week are not my favourites and can't be arsed with them. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

PS4 was underwhelming, Xbone was an insult. My expectations are adjusted accordingly. I don't expect Sony to deliver 8K at all, unless they go down the Microsoft route and release multiple versions of the console. Either way, meh... Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

@Plumbers Crack @GazzaGarratt @Diddums Let me know a night you're free and I'll do a calendars event for us all to jump on at the same time.

Trying to play this game after 6 months of Gran Turismo is quite an experience. Driveclub is a good looking game but the handling is atrocious. Gran Turismo is still only 14.99 on PSN.

Funnily enough, @Plumbers Crack was asking about this the other day. Looks like when 3.5 drops you will actually be able to go back to your room

Too many Bugs, is my bet.

Nothing has particularly inspired me. A crusty I used to know in the 90s used to call me Malcolm Stardust, so I may resurrect that for the lols. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I reinstalled BF4, and Warframe is ready to go but sorry WOW aint happening

I've seen a few other change their names on PSN already [emoji39] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

That make me chuckle, but yeah I welcome suggestions, otherwise it's either going to be something boring like Phil_1882 or Phil_Oi So yeah, the best suggestion wins a copy of Assassin's Creed Origins on PC....and if it's not too insulting, I may even use it

Yes, it's an awesome track, and GR2 suits it nicely. I agree on the driver rating, I think I'll follow your advice on that

It's decent when compared to the lack lustre middle class shite we get for comedy these days. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I got a free copy for pre-ordering Div 2 but not tried It yet. I seem to remember Bart was a fan if it. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

It performs well enough but the new update is still being tested. Will drop any day now. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

High 1:53 was by best in the end. That bit with the high white walls is where I lose time. Think we're due a new track[emoji8] I've slowly started to enter the online daily races. I do quite well but my D B rating pits me with the arseholes that like to nudge you off track. I usually qualify around 4 or 5 and make a podium place my main objective. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

@Shucker mentioned on Discord that we finally have the opportunity to amend our PSN names. Anyone have any plans? Wat Tyler is going to disappear just like the revolting peasant he is.

Maybe so, but somewhere down the road you might eventually get it, and you don't want to be stuck in an organisation that has been named by Diddums. Seriously [emoji1787] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Randy Pitchford is a running joke in the gaming world, but then these days, he's in good company.

I switched from Sky to BT last week. Quick hint to leaving Sky, when they ask you why in an attempt to talk you into staying with them, just say two words; Rupert Murdoch. Its amazing, they stop trying immediately lol. Anyway, watched Spurs v Man Shitty in 4K. Fucking awesome. Barcelona v Man Utd tonight will be a good 'un as well. COYS Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Hats off to @crispymorgan and @Diddums to gathering all the parts needed to put the car in working order. Just in time to save @tronic44 from dehydration by driving up the long and perilous route up the coast. We catch them as they finally make it to Stary Sobor.